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Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21415
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Release Date:
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2006-08-08
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Last Update:
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2006-09-13
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Popularity:
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11,027 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3444
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error in the kernel and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges.
NOTE: Additional issues discovered internally by Microsoft have also been reported.
Solution:
Apply patch.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=08806182-6a26-4663-91ea-179817350a91
NOTE: After installing the patch, compressed files larger than 4K may become corrupted on systems using NTFS file system compression. The vendor recommends disabling NTFS compression to prevent this.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-09-13: Added information about known issues with the patch.
Original Advisory:
MS06-049 (KB920958):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-049.mspx
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